Water Park

On Monday we went to the local water park for the first time.  I met my friend Shannon there with her kids because I didn't want to try this adventure alone : )  I decided to get the annual pass this year because Joe and I had already decided to go all together later this summer, but for us to go on 1 day was just going to be $9 cheaper than for Emily and me to get an annual pass and then use the free passes out of the coupon book you get for us all to go up to 4 times together this summer.

Long story short, going by myself was a little stressful for me so I think we will enjoy it more when Joe is with us.  Abigail is too small right now for me to feel safe with keeping up with her and helping Emily with her fear of water in her face and getting her to try the fun things at the park.  After much convincing and a lot of tears (and a good show for all those around us), I finally convinced her to try this slide.  Once she went down it once she was hooked!  I think she went down the slide 20 more times.

 

 

There was a big slide in the middle that adults could go down with their kids, so Abigail and I went down that slide several times and she loved it too!

When we first got there I didn't put Abigail's life jacket on her but when we got in the pool she kept trying to jump out of my arms to try swimming like everyone else, so she had to wear her jacket the rest of the day:

 

The kids taking a break from swimming:

When we got to the parking lot and I got the kids changed, Emily informed me that she needed to go to the bathroom "really bad."  I didn't want to hike all the way back up to the park entrance so Emily can now say that she knows how to pee in the grass : )  I pulled the car over to the corner of the parking lot and helped her squat down.  She did a great job and didn't get her shoes wet . . . and security didn't come running at us when we watered their grass for them : )